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1 | Does God approve of denominations or doe | Not Specified | Coty | 164136 | ||
Does God approve of the many denomnations in so-called Christianity or does he want us to be united? | ||||||
2 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | Coty | 164133 | ||
I do believe that baptism in water is necessary for the forgivness of sins. I do not believe that there is power in the water. I merely believe that God meets us with salvation when we are immersed into water by the authority of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. When did God meet Naaman with a healing from his leprosy? After he dipped in the Jordan River seven times. It is true that Romans 3:28 tells us that we are not saved by the works of the law. Yet, this is the Law of Moses he is talking about here. The Law of Moses and baptism have nothing to do with one another. The command to be baptized is a New Testament precept, not Old Testament. At the same time we should never look at baptism is a thing we do to earn salvation. We are baptized to obey God. It is one of the conditions of salvation. Salvation can be likened unto a check. If I decided I wanted to give you a gift and wrote out a thousand dollar check, what conditions would you have to meet before recieving the 1,000 dollars. You would have to sign it and take it to the bank. Just because you signed it and took it to the bank doesn't mean you earned it or worked for it. God gives salvation freely out to all those who will obey him. Some will ask, "What if you were to die while you were on your way to be baptized?" That's a good question. I'm glad God is the judge and not I. I believe God would still save that person because of his willingness to obey. But this still does not take away the importance of baptism. You also say we are saved by faith alone. I will have to agree. The devils believe in God as well, but we know they are not saved(James 2:19). The only time the Bible mentions the words "faith only" is in James 2:24. Yet it says a man is not saved by faith alone. There is much more that could be said, but I will stop here for right now. Thank You and In Christ, Coty |
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3 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | Coty | 164135 | ||
That word "arise" in Acts 22:16 is just as the one in Acts 22:10. It means "get up." It is as thought the Lord was saying, "Get up, and be immersed, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord. Thank You, Coty |
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4 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | Coty | 164141 | ||
Matthew 28:19 is the scripture I have in mind. When you do something in the name of something you do it by it authority. It's like same "stop in the name of the law." Baptism is nothing to us if it is not in the authority of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It would be merely getting wet. I want to look at the scriptures completly unprejudiced. When I do this, what does the Bible teach us baptism is for? If I were to pick up my Bible for the first time, what would I discover about the concept of baptism. Thank You, Coty |
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5 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | Coty | 164196 | ||
Dear BradK, Why do you not believe baptism is necessary for salvation? Most denominations in the world believe it is not necessary. I would simply have to disagree. Mark 16:16, Acts2:38, Acts 8: 37-39, Romans 6:1-4, Colossians 2:12, 1 Peter 3:21. Here are many scriptures that tell us about baptism. Please tell me why the jailer and his family were baptized that very hour of the night in Acts 16:33? Why didn't they wait until the morning. Please tell me why you object to baptism. I will examine your objections with an open mind. If you are right, than I will believe it. I beleive people are making this concept of baptism to hard to understand. Thank you for discussing this with me. In Christ, Coty |
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6 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | Coty | 164197 | ||
Dear Lionheart, Thank you for your comment. There is much more that could be said to answer objections about baptism. Many will ask the question about the theifon the cross as well. It is important to realize that Christ was still living and while on earth he could give out salvation in any way he liked. When he died, his testament came into affect. Hebrews 9:15-17 will shed light on this. If Jesus told anybody while he was alive to jump through fire to be saved, that is exactly what they would have done. Again, I thank you for your reply. In Christ, Coty |
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7 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | Coty | 164375 | ||
I see what you are saying. Faith does save us. There are some important things we must remember about the thief on the cross. The thief lived and died under the Old Testament. While Jesus was alive, he could give out salvation in any way he wanted. If you lived in Jesus day, and he asked you to go and sell everything you own and follow him to be saved, that is exactly what would have been required of you. Jesus actually told a man to do this. Today, when a person dies, and if he or she leaves behind a will, that persons belongings have to be dispensed just as that person had set out in their will. Jesus did the same thing. Read Hebrews 9:15-17. Jesus left his last will. He will dispense of his salvation in the way he set out in his will. Look in Mark 16:16. It says that he that believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he that does not believe shall be condemned. In Matthew 28:19, in what we usually call the Great Commission, Jesus gave the command to teach all nations and to baptize them. In Acts we find many time, that when people believed they were immediatly baptized. Jesus will did not actually come into affect until the day of Pentecost recorded in Acts 2. The Old Testament continued on until this day. If he was baptized, I can't say, but he would not have to, seeing Jesus was right there beside him. That is a very good question and I hoped I have answered it thoroughly. In Christ, Coty |
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8 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | Coty | 164377 | ||
I'm sorry if I was confusing about some things. I read my note, and I noticed where I contradicted myself about faith alone. I did not mean to say that faith alone would save us. I believe faith is necessary for salvation. Your 2 paragraph about Jesus' atoning sacrifice, if I read it correctly, I agree with. It must be remembered that God did his part for man's salvation, we must also do ours. In Acts 22:16 what did Paul have to do to have his sins washed away? He was not merely baptized after he was saved. Some say Saul/Paul was saved on the road to Damascus. If you closely study the account you will see otherwise. You also make mention of calling on the name of the Lord to be saved. I would like to ask how a person calls on the name of the Lord. You must also remember that the sum of God's word is truth. We cannot pick one scripture and leave another. That is what we call cafeteria style Christianity. Just because he mentioned beleiving in God in one place in the Bible for our salvation and not the other does not erase the scriptures about baptism. I was incorrect about Ephesians 2: 8-9. That does include any works and not just the works of the Law of Moses. This scripture tells us that we can never earn our way to heaven. That is true. I am not saying baptism will earn our way into heaven. I am saying God commanded it so I'm doing it. Baptism would not be included in what you might think as "works." This is not what is being discussed here. Baptism is as much as a work as believing is. Read John 6:29 carefully. You are also correct about James. Yet, the principled can still be applied. Thank you for your time. In Christ, Coty |
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9 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | Coty | 164459 | ||
Is Romans 10:8,9,10 the only passage that your going to stick with? There are other passages as well concerning our salvation. We cannot pick and choose. Please notice that both believing and confession is made unto salvation and rightousness. What about 1 Peter 3:21? The sum of, note sum of, the word of God is truth. Would you not agree? Do you just look at one verse and forget all the others. I believe what is written in Romans 10, but it must be looked in light of all scriptures. Thank you for your time. In Christ, Coty |
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10 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | Coty | 164460 | ||
He makes it clear that baptism is just as important as belief in Mark 16:16. They are conjoined by the word "and." This makes them equal. If you plant seed and water it, the seed will grow. If you plant the seed but don't water it, the seed will not grow. If you don't beleive in the first place baptism is useless. If you beleive in Christ, you will obey him in baptism so that your sins can be forgiven. Look in Acts 2:38. Baptism has a lot to do about association and salvation. It adds one to the church. You cannot be saved outside the church, the body of Christ as some have thinked. If you are baptized, you are saved, thus you are added by God to the body of the saved. The body of saved people is the church. Look in Acts 2:41 and 47 as well. When they recieved the word, they were baptized, and God added them to the church. Do you beleive that you have to be a member of the church that belongs to Christ to be saved? Or can you be outside the church and be saved? You must remember that there was a difference between the baptism that took place before the New Testament and the baptism after the day of Pentecost, when the New Testament started. The baptism of John and so forth, as Jesus was baptized is not quite the same as our today. Look in Acts 18:24-25. Also look in Acts 19:1-5. John's baptism looked forward to Christ, while our baptism looks backward. Thank you for your time. In Christ, Coty |
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11 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | Coty | 164512 | ||
Please, if you could, clarify your questions. What do you mean scriptual basis? Usually you prove something true or false by showing whether it has scriptual basis. I gave you scripture and you are asking me my scriptual basis on it. Do you mean, what do I think it means exactly? Thank you very much for your time. In Christ, Coty |
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12 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | Coty | 165370 | ||
That passage you quoted in 1 Corinthians 1:17 is a very intersting passage. It doesn't matter who administers the baptism, so long as it's done. In the context, you will see there were members at the Corinthian church that were dividing over preachers, you might say. They had what we call today as "preacheritis." They were adhering to the names of their favorite preacher. This passage is not taking away the necessity of baptism. Than you for your time. In Christ, Coty |
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13 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | Coty | 165523 | ||
Dear BradK, You think I am making a big deal out of baptism. I am simply defending what the Bible teaches on the subject. If others would simply believe the Bible on this subject and quit making a big deal about it, then I wouldn't have much to say about it. It seems to me that you are trying everything you can to get around the truth. You probably think of me as mean spirited and legalistic, when all I'm doing is defending this simply taught Bible doctrine. I hope that you will set aside all your preconcieved ideas about religion and believe the truth and nothing but the truth. Do you beleive that a person can be a Christian and only a Christian? Do you have to be a Baptist or Methodist, or Catholic, or etc, before you can be a Christian? Can we be Christains just as they were after the day of Pentecost in Acts 2? Look in Matthew 7:21-23. Many religious people will be lost in the end. They think they are bound for heaven, but truly they are not. I am not writng these word in a mean tone. I am heartbroken by the division in this world. God gave us one Bible, yet there are thousands of denominations. Thousands of denominations that believe differently and have conflicting views. How can this be. Did Jesus want all this division? Read John 17:20-21 very carefully and let these words sink in very deep into your mind. Romans 6:3 shows us that we were baptised into Christ, I repeat into Christ.Study the scriptures. You will find out that when we are baptized into Christ we are baptized into the church. You cannot have Christ without the church. When you are baptized into Christ you are baptized into the church, the kingdom, the House of God, the family of God, the church of God, the church of Christ, and so on. All these words are used interchangably. The reason why there is so much confusion among religion is because so many people don't want to understand. They don't want the truth. They want to be entertained, but not follow God. They don't want to believe the truth because it condemns them or somebody they are close to. We must remember God's thoughts are greater than our's. We may not understand why God gives a certain commandment , but we still should follow it. The question ,Brad, is do you want to understand and follow the truth? Do you know why Jesus spoke in parables. Not only did it make it easier for his disciples to understand the concept he was teaching, it made no since to those who had no interest in the truth. They were not interested in understanding, so these parables made no since to them. That is what he was telling his disciples in Matthew 13:13-17. Thank You. In the Love of God, Coty |
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14 | Saved by belief or belief and baptism? | NT general Archive 1 | Coty | 165600 | ||
God has not lost control of anything. What I am saying is that there are many who are stating to be the Lord's church, but they are not. They do not follow the New Testament. They may somewhat but not completly. They pick and choose. The truth is that sinful men are proclaiming to be members of the Lord's church, but they are not. Their like the Pharisees. Matthew 15:9 tells us that they worshipped in vain because they taught the doctrines of men. This is the reason for all these differing doctrines today. Many are teaching their own doctrines, not God's doctrines. Thank you for your time. In Christ, Coty |
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15 | Do you believe in God? If so, then why? | Ps 19:1 | Coty | 164204 | ||
Look around. It takes more faith to believe everything came from nothing than it does to believe in God. Just because a person may not understand God does not mean that he doesn't exist. Even if evolution were true, that would not explain how everything got here. I am assuming you do not know if there is a God or not. I would like to ask you why you would not believe in God, if that would be O.K. I know some might lose faith because of an alleged contradicition in the Bible, or it could be that you wonder why an infinitly good God allows evil things to happen. Thank you very much for your time. In Christ the Lord, Coty |
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16 | How can I know if I am a good soil? | Matt 13:8 | Coty | 165524 | ||
Do you recieve the word and follow it through times and trouble and still bring forth good fruit. When I have Bible studies with people, most are not good soil, because they are not interested in the truth. You must understand that you choos what type of soil you want to be. If you are not the type of soil you should be, you can change. If you are going to be a Christian, you will have to do things which others will despise you for. You will have to try to teach people the truth and persuade them to obey the truth. Many will get angry at you, and in some cases you may lose friends and family. If you endure through these hardships, you are good soil. Thank you for your time. In Christ, Coty |
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17 | End Times | Luke 21:20 | Coty | 164206 | ||
Jesus is not speaking of the end of the world, he is prophesing about the destruction of Jerusalem. If you look into history, it came to pass just as Jesus as prophesied it would. It was a terrible event. I know some of the wording makes it sound like he is talking about the end of the world, but study it carefully. I would encourage you to look up information about the destruction of Jerusalem. Thank you very much for your time. In Christ, Coty |
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18 | Does God approve of denominations or doe | Gal 3:28 | Coty | 164138 | ||
Does God approve of the many denomnations in so-called Christianity or does he want us to be united? | ||||||
19 | Does God approve of denominations or doe | Eph 2:14 | Coty | 164142 | ||
Does God approve of the many denomnations in so-called Christianity or does he want us to be united? | ||||||
20 | blessing a business | James 1:17 | Coty | 164205 | ||
There is no scriptual authority for us to bless buildings and businesses. You can pray to God asking his blessings in the endeavour, remembering always to give thanks to him (Philippians 4:6-7). As for doing some alleged sacred ritual, there is none. Thank you for your time. In Jesus the Saviour, Coty |
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